Ethicists: We need more flexible tools for evaluating gene-edited food
Is there now a way to genetically engineer crops to create food that people can confidently consider natural?
Is there now a way to genetically engineer crops to create food that people can confidently consider natural?
Biotechnology
May 26, 2020
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Renewable technologies are a promising solution for addressing global energy needs in a sustainable way.
Materials Science
May 21, 2020
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The germline is the cell lineage of an organism that passes on its genetic material to its progeny. Genetic damage to the germline can cause developmental defects and even death of that same progeny. It is thought that biological ...
Biotechnology
May 7, 2020
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Microscopically small cages have been produced at TU Wien (Vienna) with grid openings only a few micrometers in size, making them ideal for holding cells and allowing living tissue to grow in a very specific shape. This new ...
Biotechnology
May 4, 2020
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Reducing resistance to the flow of ions in solid electrolytes can improve the efficiency of fuel cells and batteries, but first, scientists must understand the material properties responsible for the resistance.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 22, 2020
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In everyday life, our tissues, for example, skin and muscle, are stretched, pulled and compressed without causing damage to the cells or the DNA. A team of researchers led by Sara Wickström from the Max Planck Institute ...
Biotechnology
Apr 22, 2020
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A natural biopolymer, bacterial cellulose, is synthesized by the microbe Gluconacetobacter hansenii. Researchers are intrigued by its properties but one that it lacks in the native state is antibacterial activity and that ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 22, 2020
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Viruses are nature's Trojan horses: They gain entrance to cells, smuggle in their genetic material, and use the cell's own machinery to replicate. For decades, scientists have studied how to minimize their deleterious effects ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 21, 2020
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In a new report published on Science, Zhenyi Ni and a research team in applied physical sciences, mechanical and materials engineering and computer and energy engineering in the U.S. profiled spatial and energetic distributions ...
A team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has captured in real time how lithium ions move in lithium titanate (LTO), a fast-charging ...
Materials Science
Mar 23, 2020
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